I just tested this using file instead of dir. It works for UNIX (everything is a file), can't speak for windows. I'm not sure that it is designed or intended to work this way and I doubt you can mix DIR and FILE for the same O/S directory.
analysis.cfg
# DIR /foo SIZE<8192 SIZE>4096 COLOR=yellow
FILE /foo MODE=0644 COLOR=RED TRACK
FILE /foo OWNERID=johndoe COLOR=yellow
client-local.cfg
file:/foo:md5
Good Luck.
From: Xymon [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] on behalf of Vernon Everett [user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:08 PM
To: Xymon mailinglist
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Monitoring Directory Permissions
I know, it's a lot simpler to put it right quietly with a cron, or even part of the update process, and I have considered this, but as always, it's political.
The client wants it this way.
With their previous installation of Xymon, I had it working, so I know it's possible.
However, it was all lost in a catastrophic system failure (with no backups).
I rebuilt Xymon on a new server for them, but and I can't a hell remember how I configured the directory monitoring.
Regards
Vernon
On 2 December 2014 at 22:26, Steve Coile <user-a2e2f9aff0d1@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-a2e2f9aff0d1@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
What's the point of monitoring for it? To let you know you need to correct them? If that, why not just put a cron job in place that sets them properly?
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On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Vernon Everett <user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
Hi guys
I have a directory on a client system, and it needs to have permission of 777
From time to time, automated software updates sets it to 770.
I am looking for a way to check this, and alert when permissions are not as they should be.
Any advice appreciated.
Regards
Vernon
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